733.614 Powers and duties of successor personal representative.—A successor personal representative has the same power and duty as the original personal representative to complete the administration and distribution of the estate as expeditiously as possible, but shall not exercise any power made personal to the personal representative named in the will without court approval.
...xcessive. It concluded that while appellant had a right to pursue that claim, it would be more appropriately heard in the estate proceedings, which were still pending. We reverse the trial court’s summary final judgment based on a plain reading of section 733.614, Florida Statutes....
...To accommodate the personal representative’s exercise of her or his duties, section 733.612, Florida Statutes, governs the transactions authorized by the personal representative, including the employment of an attorney. See § 733.612(19), Fla. Stat. Most significantly, section 733.614 addresses the “[p]owers and duties” of a successor personal representative: A successor personal representative has the same power and duty as the original personal representative to complete the administration and distribution of...
...Hutchinson, for appellants.
Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., and David R. Atkinson and Alyssa
F. Chamberlin, for appellee, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, LLP.
Before FERNANDEZ, GORDO and GOODEN, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Airbnb, Inc. v. Doe, 336 So. 3d 698, 704 (Fla. 2022);
see also § 733.614, Fla....
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